Ever feel as if you spend half your life in the car? Maximize your time with the Targus Mobile Charger for iPad, a DC auto charger, which charges your iPad, iPhone or iPod via your car? 12V outlet. Small and compact, this charger takes up very little space and comes in handy when you have forgotten to charge your iPad/iPhone/iPod at home. You can even charge other USB-charged devices with the appropriate cable (sold separately). Don’t you wish you can be this efficient with everything else in life?

This is a sensibly engineered car charger for your iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. Probably works on anything with a dock connector, but I can’t test that. Might even work on anything with a USB connector, such as a Kindle, but I can’t test that.

Three good things:

1) The USB cable is separate, so you can substitute another cable if it breaks down, or if you want to try charging something with a USB cable that doesn’t have a dock connector.

2) The cigarette lighter plug is small and nearly less flush with the well, so it doesn’t stick up and get in the way.

3) The cable is black, so it doesn’t stand out against a car’s dark interior. This could be a disadvantage if you have trouble finding things, but I see it as an advantage.

So: a simple item that works and is well-designed. I’d pay my own money for it if I hadn’t received it via Vine.

This car charger works on all our houses iDevices which include the iPhone4, iPhone3GS, iPhone3G, iPod Nano. It is very nice and compact. When plugged in to the car without the cable attached it is nearly flush the dash. There is just enough space to get your fingers on it to pull it out. Without the cable in place you barely notice the plug. This is nice both aesthetically and if for safety since it is less noticeable to would be thieves. The plug has a small white/opaque light that turns on when it is charging. The included cable is just like the USB plug that you use on your computer. It is 3 feet long and black and has a slightly thicker sheath then the Apple made ones. The cord seems a little stiff at this point but, it may just be new. It does not use the older pinch release where it plugs in to your iDevice. The only potential down side to this thing is that on other car chargers I have seen there is always a way to replace the fuse that may burnout. There doesn’t seem to be a way to do that in this unit. This may be a non-issue as I have never or have heard of anyone ever having to replace a fuse.

The brand, logo and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. If we create a link to a product in a review, sometimes we may get paid a commission if a visitor to our site purchases the product. For more details, please see our Disclosure Policy.